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“
Soft & Wet... When my soap bubble touches something and breaks, I take something from there.
”

Soft & Wet (ソフト＆ウェット, Sofuto Ando Wetto) is the Stand of Josuke Higashikata, originally belonging to Josefumi Kujo, featured in the 8th part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, JoJolion. It is a humanoid Stand with a mechanical and sailing theme to its appearance. It can create bubbles that will steal properties and objects.

Appearance

 Soft & Wet's initial appearance shown in full

Soft & Wet is a humanoid Stand of a streamlined, robotic form, light in color, and similar in height to Josuke.

On the top of its head is a five-pointed star bound with a circle. Horns roughly two-thirds the width of its head grow from the region of the ears, shaped as tapering pentagrammic prisms. It has round eyes, shaped as slotted screw heads; vertically dividing very small, slight, round pupils. Its face has a thick gap running from the top of the forehead past the bottom of the chin.

The front of two broad plates covering its torso is cut like its face in the shape of a large anchor; as well as in a line beneath both arms and between the base of its back and shoulders.

Its feet and hands are covered with plating, as are the sides of its hips and shoulders, both of which are shaped like sharp hearts and bear a five-pointed star. It has fine arms and legs, with dark, exposed ball-and-socket joints supported by short exterior cables. Its pelvis is bare and mechanical. The gaps in its plating reveal a deeper surface, covered in a fine pattern of horizontal ridges. An internal structure is visible at its profile, showing blocks approximating human centers of mass.

The design was created to match up with Josuke's outfit, rather than its ability. Araki imagined a sailor's uniform combined with the flotation devices in a life vest.[1] In later chapters, its torso takes on a more 'heart-like' shape. It also gains a circular jewel under its neck, and its shoulder pads become triangular, jutting out of its shoulders perpendicularly. Its ears have also grown a bit longer since it first appeared.[1]

Soft & Wet is white and purple in the colored manga, but, is yellow and green in the video games adaptation of the series featuring it.

Josefumi's bubbles were initially featureless. After his fusion with Kira, Josuke's bubbles now bear a five-pointed star, similar to Kira's bubbles, and appear to be a sort of fusion between two bubbles of different sizes.

Color Schemes

The series is known for alternating colors between media, the information presented below may or may not be canon.
Colored MangaAll-Star Battle & Eyes of Heaven
Body(Baby blue)
Decorations
(Purple tubes, parts and symbols, light yellow stars)
Body(Golden body and stars)
Decorations(Green tubes, parts and symbols)

Personality

Soft & Wet's Stand cry is "ORA ORA ORA ORA" similar to other members of the Joestar family, however every so often an "ORA" is switched to an "ARA". This could be the consequences of the fusion of Kira and Josefumi, being corrupted and altered.

Abilities

Overview

Soft & Wet is a humanoid close-range Stand. It possesses enhanced strength, demonstrated first when it breaks a large portion of an apartment wall with a single back kick, and is also capable of extremely rapid hand-to-hand combat. The extent of the damage it can inflict is limited, however, as it is unable to break rocks.

Its strength in melee exchanges compared to other Stands has been further demonstrated in the brief encounter with Yotsuyu Yagiyama's Stand, I Am a Rock. Despite its volley of fast-paced strikes, Soft & Wet easily avoided and overcame it with a single 'Ora'-articulated strike.[2]

When its user transforms into a different person as a result of undergoing equivalent exchange, Soft & Wet is granted additional abilities as a result.

Pre-Equivalent Exchange

Bubble Generation

Josuke surrounding himself in a bubble

Soft & Wet generates star-embedded floating bubbles, which must make contact with its target to work effectively. However, Josuke can control where the bubbles can fly, allowing him to send them where they are needed. The bubbles are actually comprised of tiny cords vibrating at super-high speeds, giving them the appearance of spheres.[3]

Josuke often takes direct advantage of his bubbles and their properties. The bubbles have lifting power, allowing Josuke to envelop others like Yotsuyu Yagiyama in a giant bubble and lift them in the air,[4] as well as help him reach vantage points. Josuke has also enveloped himself and allies with giant bubbles to take advantage of their situational protection.

In addition to this, Soft & Wet is able to create bubbles utilizing existing substances, as demonstrated when it creates a shield from a bottle of water during Josuke's pursuit by Blue Hawaii.

As the story has progressed, Josuke has developed this ability. Early in the story, he would often use one bubble, but later on, is shown conjuring dozens upon dozens with a quick flurry of strikes.

Plunder

Soft & Wet's signature ability is to temporarily take away physical things such as one's sense of sound or sight by using its bubbles.[5] Josuke can thus steal aspects or properties of inanimate and living things. Said properties seem to also be smaller objects that come from a bigger object. Soft and Wet can also transfer stolen properties to other objects. Properties Josuke has plundered include:

  • A human's sight: After bursting near Joshu's eyes, Josuke's bubble completely blinds Joshu for a few seconds, making it appear that Joshu's eyes have popped.[6]
  • The water contained in a human's body: With one bubble, Josuke covertly punctures several ~5mm holes in a woman's body in order to quickly drain her of water and provoke thirst.[7]
  • Sound: Josuke steals the sound from a wall or a light switch, preventing any noise that would have been caused upon breaking it or turning it off.[8]
  • His own facial hair: Josuke uses Soft & Wet while shaving his face when Hato and Joshu are in the bathroom as well. Soft & Wet's bubbles in the shaving foam pop onto Hato and Joshu's faces, planting Josuke's hair onto their faces instead.[9]
  • A cat's fur: Seemingly without pain, Josuke removes the majority of a live cat's fur and relocates it, in the shape of a cat, in order to obscure the view of a security camera.[10]
  • Friction: Josuke removes the friction from a floor, creating an ice-like slippery surface.[11]
  • Smell: Josuke traps an odor and various into a bubble and has it attached to his foe Born This Way. When the bubble bursts, he can track down the Stand's user by smell and sound.[12]
  • Small objects: Josuke when fighting the A. Phex Brothers filled his bubbles with screws and nuts to fire out upon bursting.[13]

The stolen objects can stay in the bubble and are still able to bust later (as shown with the bubble with the sound of the light switch).[8] The exact quantity and type of object Josuke may steal, how long he may keep them, and how it is redistributed is currently undefined. According to Josuke, Soft & Wet's ability cannot be applied to himself.[11]

While Josefumi Kujo was in control of Soft & Wet, this ability was described as "absorption". As a stand user, Josefumi was experienced enough to utilize his ability with extreme levels of precision. For example, Josefumi was able to use Soft & Wet at precisely enough to fuse two to seamlessly graft a loose branch onto a different plant, an ability which he and Yoshikage Kira attempted to use for the cultivation of Locacaca.[14] Josefumi was also shown using his soap bubbles to remove excess amounts of black pepper from his bowl of ramen.

Post-Equivalent Exchange

Josuke's Soft & Wet produces bubbles that are a hybrid of Josefumi and Kira's abilities
In addition to its aforementioned abilities, Soft & Wet's gains properties after its original user undergoes equivalent exchange with the late Yoshikage Kira. Josuke's Soft & Wet is able to create bubbles which are a hybrid of its own and Killer Queen's, which are divided down the center with a visible seam connecting both halves. This lead to a change in Soft & Wet's ability, adopting properties of Kira's ability.

Bomb Creation

Bubble Bombs exploding from the ground

As a result of their hybrid nature, Soft & Wet's bubbles retain some aspects of Killer Queen's bubble-generation ability. These bubbles are able to pop with enough force to cause damage at close range, as seen when Josuke uses one to shatter Tamaki Damo's sunglasses. Josuke can also use this force to propel any small objects stored inside of his bubbles, seemingly with a degree of control over the direction they fly in. In addition to this, Josuke is able to injure opponents by popping bubbles which have been embedded under their skin, an ability that one of the A. Phex Brothers remarked bears a striking resemblance to the late Kira's own technique.

During the fight against Urban Guerrilla and his pet, Josuke seemingly detonates bubbles he had previously buried underground.[15]

During the fight against Satoru Akefu and Dododo De Dadada, Josuke seemingly detonates bubbles on top of a desk, blowing everything off of it and causing a visible explosion.[16]

Explosive Spin

“
There are "things you can't see", Josuke... they're different from the visible soap bubbles at your fingertips. They're something that does not "exist" in this world, but the fact that they don't "exist" means that they can go beyond reason!
”
—Rai Mamezuku, JoJolion Chapter 104: The Wonder of You, Part 21
Explosive Spin(爆発的な回転 Bakuhatsu-tekina Kaiten, lit. "Explosive Rotation") Link to this sectionLink to this section
Debut: JoJolion Chapter 104: The Wonder of You, Part 21
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In reality, Soft & Wet's soap bubbles are thin lines that spin rapidly. Rai Mamezuku describes this as part of the Spin. These bubbles look nearly indistinguishable from empty ones to the untrained eye due to the speed at which the lines spin. However, upon contact, these bubbles can instantly erode a surface. Due to Josefumi's Soft & Wet fusing with Yoshikage Kira's Killer Queen, Josuke's Soft & Wet can shoot invisible bubbles composed of lines spinning at an extremely high speed out of Josuke's birthmark. According to Mamezuku, their thinness makes them "infinitely close to zero." As such, they "don't exist in this world." He also speculates that Josuke cannot control them due to their invisible and nonexistent nature. As part of the ability, these bubbles can pass through anything, even through walls.[17] Mamezuku also states that these bubbles can overcome the logic of calamities, the Higashikata family curse, and Holy Joestar-Kira's curse.[18]


Chapters

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Chapters in order of appearance

Gallery

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  • Josefumi uses his Stand to merge two tree branches

    Josefumi uses his Stand to merge two tree branches

  • Josefumi removing pepper from his ramen

    Josefumi removing pepper from his ramen

  • Being used on Aisho Dainenjiyama's eyes

    Being used on Aisho Dainenjiyama's eyes

  • Josefumi Kujo with Soft & Wet

    Josefumi Kujo with Soft & Wet

  • Creating bubbles

    Creating bubbles

  • Using bubbles to feed Kira the new Locacaca

    Using bubbles to feed Kira the new Locacaca

  • Performing a stand rush on the elder A. Phex Brother

    Performing a stand rush on the elder A. Phex Brother

Trivia

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  • Prior to its full reveal in JJL Chapter 4, a scrapped early design appeared in promotional artwork drawn by Araki. This version had smaller "ears" with narrow slits on them, holes on its face, and in one instance even a visible nose.
  • Originally, Soft & Wet was planned to have the ability to attach screws to things, but the ability was ultimately given to Nut King Call instead.[19]
  • Its Stand Cry is originally "ORA ORA ARA ORA" when it first does a punch rush against Ojiro Sasame.[11] However, it becomes a regular "ORA ORA ORA" in every fight afterwards.
  • Hirohiko Araki believes that there are infinite possibilities that can come of a spherical shape like a bubble, considering it to be a very important aspect of JoJo and a contrast to an "unbeatable weapon" common in other shonen. He equipped Caesar Zeppeli with bubbles as they are weapons with faults, and it was fun to write them having to cover for them through strategy, dealing with the different merits and demerits that each of them have. Gyro Zeppeli and Josuke inherit these spheres, and his stance on that hasn't changed from when he originally drew Caesar.[20]
  • The fifth volume of JoJolion mentions that Araki loves drawing Soft & Wet's ears.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 JOJOVELLER: STANDS - Comments by Hirohiko Araki
  2. ↑ JJL Chapter 32: "I Am a Rock" (2)
  3. ↑ JJL Chapter 70: Rock Human and Rock Animal, Part 3
  4. ↑ JJL Chapter 31: "I Am a Rock", Part 1
  5. ↑ JoJolion Chapter 7: Josuke, Go to the Higashikata Family
  6. ↑ JoJolion Chapter 1: Welcome to Morioh
  7. ↑ JoJolion Chapter 2: Soft & Wet, Part 1
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 California King Bed (story arc)
  9. ↑ JJL Chapter 11: "Family Tree", p12-13
  10. ↑ JoJolion Chapter 12: "Paisley Park" and "Born This Way", Part 1
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 JoJolion Chapter 5: Soft & Wet, Part 4
  12. ↑ JoJolion Chapter 16: "Paisley Park" and "Born This Way", Part 5
  13. ↑ Love Love Deluxe (story arc)
  14. ↑ Chapter 50: Straizo vs. Joseph, Part 3, p30
  15. ↑ JoJolion Chapter 68: Urban Guerrilla and Doremifasolati Do, Part 1
  16. ↑ JoJolion Chapter 100: The Wonder of You, Part 17
  17. ↑ JoJolion Chapter 105: Safety First
  18. ↑ JoJolion Chapter 104: The Wonder of You, Part 21
  19. ↑ JOJOVELLER Mini - Stand Comments
  20. ↑ JoJonium Volume 6 - Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli Special Interview

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